时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:365个英语简短小故事


英语课

The fire started Saturday afternoon. Fire officials didn’t yet know how it started, but they suspected arson 1. Arsonists 2 listen to weather reports. They get excited when they hear that the Los Angeles area is going to have Santa Ana winds, which can blow steadily 3 at 30 mph and gust 4 to 60 mph.


Planes dropped flame retardant around the southern edge of the fire to protect houses closest to the foothills. On the radio, a reporter said the fire had consumed 100 acres. Fire officials thought that the fire would be out within 24 hours, if the Santa Ana winds didn’t start blowing.


At 10:30 Saturday evening, Adam walked downtown to see if he could get a better view of the fire. He had never seen his small town so crowded on a Saturday night. Everyone was watching the fire. He got a great view with his binoculars 5. Even though downtown was windless, he saw flames that looked like they must have been 50 or 60 feet high. The winds had picked up in the foothills. The red flames stood out clearly against the night sky. At 11 p.m., fire officials announced a mandatory 6 evacuation of about 100 homes north of Carter Avenue.


 



1 arson
n.纵火,放火
  • He was serving a ten spot for arson.他因纵火罪在服十年徒刑。
  • He was arraigned on a charge of arson.他因被指控犯纵火罪而被传讯。
2 arsonists
n.纵火犯( arsonist的名词复数 )
  • The factory was destroyed in a fire started by arsonists. 工厂在纵火犯引起的火灾中烧毀了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland said suspected arsonists could face murder charges. 澳大利亚总检察长罗伯特麦克莱兰说,怀疑纵火犯可能面临谋杀指控。 来自互联网
3 steadily
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
  • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
  • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
4 gust
n.阵风,突然一阵(雨、烟等),(感情的)迸发
  • A gust of wind blew the front door shut.一阵大风吹来,把前门关上了。
  • A gust of happiness swept through her.一股幸福的暖流流遍她的全身。
5 binoculars
n.双筒望远镜
  • He watched the play through his binoculars.他用双筒望远镜看戏。
  • If I had binoculars,I could see that comet clearly.如果我有望远镜,我就可以清楚地看见那颗彗星。
6 mandatory
adj.命令的;强制的;义务的;n.受托者
  • It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
  • There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。
学英语单词
a-sit
aerodynamic center axis
afferent neurone
alonimide
anarcho-pacifists
anterior column or rugae
automatic transfer
barotropic ocean
Bilharzia haematobia
blowout patch
Canadian Electrical Association
Catarman Pt.
cephalalgics
chromium(iii) sulfate
coastal engineering ship
consul generals
contemp.
convex function
corassier
Dermasul
dimerised
dispauper
disposable
doubly connected surfaces
ecstasis
file type
fimbristylis diphylla vahl
flankings
Form-figure
generativity
genus leucocytozoa
glassine(paper)
glibornuride
glucoscillaren
glucose syrup
grey poplars
hamabiosis
hightoned
hourly meteorological data
hypertrophic rhinitis
indulgeth
industrial and mining enterprises
king-hiting
Like teacher, like pupil.
load chain
make bed
mathematical programming system extended
natural splitting
noise immunity
nosferatu
notice to navigator
opening meeting
palaeogene period
Patrinia rupestris
PC die casting machine
Peperomia dindygulensis
periodical requirements
pick-and-shovel
polamazonia
posterior column
precipitation aloft
preproposal
Processus clinoideus anterior
pseudoeucypris feilaishania
pulsed doppler radar seeker
quarter-diurnal tide
radio studio
rathered
rating form for estimate
real device
rheological model
Rieux's hernia
Road Traffic Reports
rubstics
Sauromorphoidea
secondary Gothic
Sekhpur
semi-darkness
single player
single-byte font
sledge hammer
so wags the world
sound conductivity
speed shifting fork spring
start data traffic
steure
strained interpretation
sulfide (sulphide) enrichment
Syzygium polypetaloideum
talk someone's head off
tapiolite
TI-RPC
tiara
torbellino
unbossed
unmeasurability
vibrating valve
Villar de Chinchilla
viscose rayon yarn
wooden pattern
ziegler's process